Two-thirds of Americans  and even half of all Republicans  favor hike in mimimum wage

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Feb 25, 2013 at 5:05 PM

Republican politicians in Washington are strongly opposed to President Obama’s call for an increase in the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $9.

There are two fundamental reasons for this GOP stance. The first, and most important, is that President Obama is for it. These people are never going to support anything Obama proposes. It’s just that simple. They’ve said so themselves. But, hey, it’s not because they’re racists. No, sir. There’s not a bigoted bone in any of them. They don’t like anything about Obama, but not because he’s black (or of mixed race, if you ...

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Pat Cunningham

Republican politicians in Washington are strongly opposed to President Obama’s call for an increase in the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $9.

There are two fundamental reasons for this GOP stance. The first, and most important, is that President Obama is for it. These people are never going to support anything Obama proposes. It’s just that simple. They’ve said so themselves. But, hey, it’s not because they’re racists. No, sir. There’s not a bigoted bone in any of them. They don’t like anything about Obama, but not because he’s black (or of mixed race, if you ...

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